Southeast's Love awarded sixth season at USF

USF wide receiver A.J. Love, who missed all 12 games this season due to a knee injury, was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA on Monday.

The former Southeast High standout is expected to be back to full strength for the spring season in 2011.

"I was happy and excited to find out I'll be able to come back for another year and play with the guys," Love said. "It's an early Christmas gift. I had a lot of people helping me out including (Associate Director of Athletics/Compliance) Steve Horton and (Director of Sports Medicine) Steve Walz, so I'm just looking forward to getting back out on the field."

Love, who missed his true freshman year with a thumb injury, has played in 33 career games, making 65 catches for 970 yards and seven TDs. Last season, as a junior, Love posted 26 receptions for 489 yards and four TDs. He added 31 grabs for 370 yards and two TDs as a sophomore and eight catches for 111 yards and a TD as a redshirt freshman in 2007.

In addition to his play on the field, Love earned his degree in communications earlier this month and will begin work on a second bachelor's degree in mass communications this spring.

Injury ends Speight's career on disappointing note

Unfortunately Todd Speight’s collegiate career didn’t end the way he had hoped because of an injury, but the Southeast grad still accomplished a lot.

Speight suffered an abdominal injury and missed all but one game of the final half of the season for Western Illinois. He is not able to redshirt.

The 5-8, 165 pounder was a pre-season first team All Missouri Valley Conference Football Conference pick and Honorable Mention All-American. As a junior, he was a first team all conference and WIU’s Special Teams Player of The Year.

This season he was only able to return seven punts and 12 kickoffs, but led his team in average return yardage (9.7 per punt/20.2 per kickoff).

Three of his high school teammates from Southeast had good seasons: Kieron James had an interception in a post season victory against Coastal Carolina and a combination of 15 pass deflections/breakups for the season; Sophomore receiver Charles Chestnut caught 18 passes for 222 yards (12.3 avg) and junior offensive lineman Enock Presendieu was a regular starter and one of the leaders in a run game that averaged close to 200 yards rushing per game.

Trent to coach Manatee All-Stars in PAL Bowl

Lakewood Ranch head football coach Shawn Trent will be the head coach of the Manatee County All-Stars in the 19^th annual Brad Price Memorial PAL Bowl, scheduled for January 14^th at Lakewood Ranch High School.

Manatee County snapped a three game losing streak against Sarasota last year with a 26-12 victory and Manatee High’s Ace Sanders provided the highlight clip of the game when he took the opening kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown. Sarasota now leads the series 10-8.

MANATEE COUNTY ROSTER:

1 Chris Calloway DB 5′ 11″ 190 Palmetto
2 Bo Brand WR 6′ 0″ 152 Southeast
3 Dyron Speight QB 6′ 0″ 181 Southeast
4 Calvin Williams DB 5′ 9″ 160 Southeast
5 Chris Pompey DL 6′ 3″ 201 Manatee
6 Reggie Lindsey QB/WR 6′ 1″ 180 Lakewood Ranch
7 Mike Blakely RB 5′ 9″ 195 Manatee
8 Tayrn Laws RB 5′ 9″ 185 Lakewood Ranch
9 R. J. Schooler RB 5′ 9″ 190 Bradenton Christian
10 Desmond Blue LB 5′ 10″ 175 Southeast
12 Melvin Burston QB 6′ 1″ 185 Palmetto
15 Jeremy Perron QB 6′ 2″ 200 Saint Stephens
17 Sean McCarthy QB/DB 5’11″ 185 Bradenton Christian
20 Oladipo Kolawale RB/WR 5′ 10″ 180 Braden River
22 Marquis Green RB/DB 5′ 8″ 180 Palmetto
25 Jarod Williams RB 5′ 9″ 175 Southeast
30 Brandon Kull TE 6’1″ 220 Manatee
32 Shaquille Mays DB 6′ 0″ 190 Palmetto
34 Tim Finklea FB/LB 6′ 0″ 190 Bayshore
35 Anthony Asay DB 5′ 9″ 170 Lakewood Ranch
40 Harrison Skokos LB 6′ 0″ 180 Lakewood Ranch
42 Reggie White LB 5′ 10″ 160 Southeast
44 Javier Baity RB/TE 6′ 0″ 210 Braden River
50 Cole Mistak LB 6′ 2″ 180 Saint Stephens
52 Nick Blackwell LB 5′ 10″ 185 Bayshore
55 Terran Williams LB 6′ 1″ 195 Southeast
56 Nick Galati OL 6′ 2″ 215 Manatee
58 Keith Grafton LB 6′ 0″ 200 Braden River
60 Mike Lintz OL 6′ 1″ 240 Bayshore
64 Nick Lucey OL 6′ 2″ 260 Bayshore
65 Joey Dunlap OL 6′ 0″ 250 Palmetto
69 Cameron Cox OL/DL 6′ 2″ 225 Southeast
70 Patrick Broder OL 6′ 0″ 225 Southeast
71 Dakota Wilson OL/DL 6′ 1″ 230 Braden River
72 Jadarian Smith OL 6′ 3″ 225 Palmetto
74 Prince Matt OL 6′ 4″ 255 Manatee
75 Will Beasley OL 6′ 2″ 235 Manatee
77 Dillon Romine OL 6′ 7″ 250 Braden River
78 Josh Nauman OL 6′ 4″ 280 Lakewood Ranch
79 Wendell Williamson OL 6′ 3″ 280 Bayshore
80 Daniel Clifford WR 6′ 1″ 180 Lakewood Ranch
81 Quenton Bundrage WR 6′ 2″ 173 Manatee
83 Kadin Kerns K 5′ 6″ 150 Braden River
85 Austin Dumas K/P 6′ 1″ 185 Bradenton Christian
88 Will Pilkington TE 6′ 3″ 220 Lakewood Ranch
89 Drakkar Wilson DL 5′ 11″ 280 Manatee
90 Quinton Pompey DL 6′ 3″ 265 Manatee (injured; will not play)

McNeal shines in first year at WKU

Western Kentucky freshman Willie McNeal turned in quite a performance in his first year of collegiate football.

The Braden River High graduate was among the team leaders in six offensive categories and led the Hilltoppers in kick return yardage with 968 yards on 44 returns (22.0 avg) and one touchdown.

McNeal was second on the team in all-purpose yardage with 1,879 yards, which takes into account rushing, receiving, punt return and kickoff return yardage.

The 5-11, 160 pounder was third in receiving with 360 yards (13.8 avg) and fourth in rushing with 77 yards on 17 attempts.

USF passes Florida in final BCS rankings

FINAL 2010 BCS STANDINGS (OFFICIAL)

* Standings revised on 12/7/10 after an error was discovered in Colley Matrix computer rankings

Rank	Pvs	Team	Rk	Coach	%	Rk	Harris	%	AH	CM	JS	KM	PW	RB	Cp Avg	BCS	Conf
1	1	Auburn	2	1437	0.9742	1	2809	0.9856	25	25	25	25	25	25	1.000	0.9866	SEC
2	2	Oregon	1	1450	0.9831	2	2773	0.9730	24	24	24	24	24	24	0.960	0.9720	P10
3	3	TCU	3	1348	0.9139	3	2613	0.9168	23	22	19	22	23	23	0.900	0.9102	MWC
4	4	Stanford	5	1239	0.8400	5	2421	0.8495	18	21	22	21	21	19	0.820	0.8365	P10
5	5	Wisconsin	4	1276	0.8651	4	2443	0.8572	21	14	14	16	18	22	0.690	0.8041	BTen
6	6	Ohio State	6	1200	0.8136	6	2293	0.8046	20	19	10	13	16	20	0.680	0.7660	BTen
7	9	Oklahoma	8	1008	0.6834	9	1926	0.6758	22	23	21	20	20	15	0.830	0.7297	B12
8	7	Arkansas	8	1008	0.6834	8	1992	0.6989	17	15	23	23	22	18	0.800	0.7274	SEC
9	8	Michigan State	7	1104	0.7485	7	2104	0.7382	19	18	12	11	15	14	0.590	0.6922	BTen
10	11	Boise State	10	914	0.6197	10	1800	0.6316	13	17	11	12	17	21	0.590	0.6137	WAC
11	10	LSU	12	826	0.5600	11	1625	0.5702	15	16	20	19	19	17	0.710	0.6134	SEC
12	12	Missouri	14	712	0.4827	13	1368	0.4800	16	20	17	15	14	8	0.620	0.5276	B12
13	15	Virginia Tech	11	900	0.6102	12	1623	0.5695	8	10	6	5	9	10	0.330	0.5032	ACC
14	14	Oklahoma State	13	718	0.4868	15	1232	0.4323	14	13	15	17	11	13	0.550	0.4897	B12
15	17	Nevada	15	640	0.4339	14	1302	0.4568	9	11	8	9	12	12	0.410	0.4336	WAC
16	16	Alabama	18	521	0.3532	16	1155	0.4053	11	8	18	14	13	16	0.540	0.4328	SEC
17	18	Texas A&M	17	542	0.3675	18	1077	0.3779	12	12	16	18	10	7	0.500	0.4151	B12
18	13	Nebraska	16	607	0.4115	17	1136	0.3986	10	9	13	10	8	9	0.380	0.3967	B12
19	20	Utah	19	375	0.2542	19	685	0.2404	6	7	5	7	7	11	0.270	0.2549	MWC
20	19	South Carolina	20	345	0.2339	20	631	0.2214	7	6	9	8	6	6	0.270	0.2418	SEC
21	22	Mississippi State	22	255	0.1729	22	500	0.1754	4	1	7	6	5	5	0.200	0.1828	SEC
22	24	West Virginia	21	261	0.1769	21	519	0.1821	2	3	0	0	2	0	0.040	0.1330	East
23	21	Florida State	23	156	0.1058	23	274	0.0961	5	5	2	2	3	4	0.140	0.1140	ACC
24	26	Hawaii	25	98	0.0664	24	191	0.0670	3	4	0	1	4	2	0.100	0.0778	WAC
25	27	Central Florida	24	143	0.0969	25	190	0.0667	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0545	CUSA
26	32	Connecticut	26	40	0.0271	26	128	0.0449	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0240	East
27	28	Maryland	27	19	0.0129	27	70	0.0246	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0125	ACC
28	34	Texas Tech			0.0000			0.0000	0	0	3	4	0	0	0.030	0.0100	B12
39	35	Baylor			0.0000			0.0000	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.030	0.0100	B12
30	31	Notre Dame			0.0000	33	11	0.0039	1	2	0	0	1	0	0.020	0.0080	Ind
31	30	Navy	32	2	0.0014	28	50	0.0175	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0063	Ind
32	25	Northern Illinois	28	13	0.0088	30	24	0.0084	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0057	MAC
33	33	Tulsa	33	1	0.0007	29	26	0.0091	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0033	CUSA
34	41	Miami (OH)	29	8	0.0054	36	6	0.0021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0025	MAC
35	23	Arizona	33	1	0.0007	31	16	0.0056	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.0021	P10
36	29	NC State	30	5	0.0034	34	8	0.0028	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0021	ACC
37	38	Iowa			0.0000	31	16	0.0056	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0019	BTen
38	37	San Diego State	31	3	0.0020	35	7	0.0025	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0015	MWC
39	40	Air Force			0.0000	37	4	0.0014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0005	MWC
40	39	South Florida			0.0000	38	2	0.0007	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0002	East
41	35	Florida			0.0000			0.0000	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0000	SEC
42	NR	Northwestern			0.0000			0.0000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.0000	BTen

Keys: Pvs = Previous week; Coach = USA Today Coaches Poll; Harris = Harris Interactive Poll; AH = Anderson & Hester; CM = Colley Matrix; JS = Jeff Sagarin; KM = Kenneth Massey; PW = Peter Wolf; RB = Richard Billingsley; Cp Avg = Computer Average; Yellow indicates top team in BCS conference; Orange indicates top team in non-BCS conference.